36a, Linden Street, Romford, RM7 7DP

36a is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Romford (RM7 7DP). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. At 80 m² this is the 12th smallest of 34 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–217 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (September 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.

At 80 m² it sits well below the postcode median (117 m² across 33 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £290,000 in June 2021. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£337/sq ft) was about 70.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.